Haha. I played like 5 hands then did this. Gigantic brain fade. I was eating Pistachios at the time so maybe distracted fiddling about with the shells and not back into game mode.

Dunno but time to quit for the night just in case it was accumulated tilt from the previous session. Just the clearest fold ever. His range here is 2 pair, sets, straights. Is he really jamming TT ever? Or Ad9d or anything at all? He probably should have some bluffs but I bet he literally doesn't have a one. You know the sort of one where you are open mouthed at yourself when you click call. Like I'm watching it from outside my body. I think (especially as I'm a nit) this is one of my worst ever calls. I overvalue TPGK sometimes on the river and thats bad but this is something else. Smack bang in the middle of a spell where I feel I'm playing well and mental game is good. Crazy. This is not why I'm break even (its the smaller pots really, overfolding vs flop raises, value betting too small, and missing clear bluff spots) as this doesn't happen that often but it certainly doesn't help.

Tilt never sleeps. Especially when otherwise normal looking players in the BTN's decide to start flatting 3bets with 44 and calling cbets with 4th pair in a 3bet pot. Thats not the point though really. 44 should never have been in his range on the turn and it was a 2 outer blah blah blah is just an excuse.

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: $30.58 (VPIP: 18.28, PFR: 12.90, 3Bet Preflop: 10.87, Hands: 95)
SB: $11.24 (VPIP: 8.57, PFR: 2.86, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 35)
Hero (BB): $12.88
UTG: $9.97 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
MP: $19.36 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
CO: $22.86 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 33.33, Hands: 12)

SB posts SB $0.05, Hero posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has Kd Kc
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.30, fold, Hero raises to $1.00, BTN calls $0.70

Flop : ($2.05, 2 players) 9h 6d 5d
Hero bets $1.10, BTN calls $1.10

Turn : ($4.25, 2 players) 4h
Hero bets $2.60, BTN raises to $11.00, Hero calls $8.18 and is all-in

Probably not as awful as you are saying calling this Paul! I'm not always cbetting flop however. What warm up did you do before this (short ) session?

Too busy concentrating on pealing pistachios to concentrate #richmanproblems

I wasn't peeling them. The distraction was my servant girl left the husk on one after she removed the shell.

#prayforTTP
#iamthe1percent

Yeah Cookie I did no prep. Didn't consider it a new session so just restarted. It's a good change to make to take a positive from it. Do my warm up like its new session if I stop for a drink or toilet or whatever.

How long is your warm up before your session? If it is like mine then you only need maybe 90seconds more after a short break. If you have played in the zone in session one a short warm-up is fine. If you have tilted or played c game then a full warm up would be needed!

Warm is about 15mins. Its read notes from last off table stuff (or pre flop ranges if making a change there), play Snowie for a few hands, write down what my goal is for the session i.e. last one was Focus on executing profitable Probe spots, regardless of impact on the balance of my turn range.

After a break I normally just click sit in. Short warm up now could be review biggest winner and loser hand quickly, and reflect on where I am vs my session goal. In that example filter for Opportunity to Probe in PT4 and see what I've been doing.

The downside of using PT4 on warm ups etc is it means I see results and I'm still in a place where I don't want to be doing that I think, despite the improvement in my mental game.

Just on the KK hand yeah I don't cbet that 100% but the villain fold to cbet was 0% on all streets so I thought why not. On Zoom in general there is an especially odd stat in that fold to turn Cbet across all hands is less than 10%. Flop is about 40% and river about 40% but no-one folds the turn ever on Zoom.

What you make his range then that makes the call not so bad? I guess if he continues on the flop with 44 he also has some 33, 77, 88, perhaps some suited hearts that made a combo draw like Ah5h, 7h6h. Diamond draws are surely out. Then he has all the sets, 65s, 78s. Best case I think I have 25% so call is still bad but on that basis I guess not the 'worst I've ever made'.

Sounds good for a warm up

Mine varies from day to day donit doesn't get mundane. Typically it will start with either playing Snowie or looking on some flop textures at villains range and devise some exploitative strategies. Then I review notes on that topic from that exercise and previous, review previous session notes and make goals depending on these. So if last session my energy dropped after a bad beat my goal will be to use music or logic to keep energy at optimal level after significant events- run bad. Run good, lots of elacgion, card dead. Or it could be to avoid battles and to inject logic when a spot comes up. Then always "reach the zone and note all feelings when in the zone".

That is followed by deep breathing to clear my mind and regulated heart rate, prepare energy levels. Then visualisation. Often this links to a goal eg I visualise getting in a lot of tough spots and energy dropping and kick in logic or music so that when (if) it happens in the session I kick into action quicker.

Finally I review my goals for the session and off I go that often takes 20mins unless I want to play Snowie, then it takes more like 40.

The KK hand I agree is a fold, I probably check at some point as I said. I just think that you mentally went shit there. Like yeah it's a mistake and folding would be your A game, but it's only a mistake and probably part of your b game not your c game. The mistake you made was then focussing on the hand and quiting rather than focussing on getting back to your A game.

Oh and for a warm up before you sit back in: deep breathes, refocus and accept you will need a few minutes to re adjust back into the game. First 5 mins take things slow and steady and evaluate your mindset again. Often this alone pulls you into the zone and at this point you can add more tables play quicker etc.

Hi man ! I saw your video about Snowie last night. Its a great idea and timing for me is perfect,couse I just figured out that watching videos dont do trick for me and I need something to challenge my brain.
I hope you dont mind me asking you few questions about Snowie here , since I really dont know anyone who uses it, except you .
Can you please tell me under which logic does snowie calls 4bets oop with 56s and QJs?
I find that pretty strange.
Also is there a way to adjust preflop betsizing buttons?

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Will answer here also tho:

The 4b calls I agree make little sense. Snowie played itself millions of times over and as a result plays the hands that made the most in different spots. If you break it down I believe Snowie will call these and fold these with a mixed strategy so will fold a fair bit of the time. The reason these become OK calls in Snowies computer brain is probably give it good board coverage so on low boards it it can be nutted as well as on qxx boards. This is an area that in our own games it is clearly better to just fold tho as we won't find any human that we can make that call +EV against!

I don't think there is a way to change preflop sizing either

Fire any questions in the Snowie forum, looking forward to it

THx a lot man .
Looking forward to more of your videos.
Cheers

Oh fuck off Zoom!

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: $10.00 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 20)
SB: $30.34 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
BB: $10.23 (VPIP: 19.05, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
UTG: $7.04 (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 19)
Hero (MP): $10.08
CO: $15.36 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has Ac Ah
fold, Hero raises to $0.30, CO raises to $0.90, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.10, CO calls $1.20

Flop : ($4.35, 2 players) 7h 5c 7d
Hero bets $1.50, CO calls $1.50

Turn : ($7.35, 2 players) Js
Hero bets $6.48 and is all-in, CO calls $6.48

River : ($20.31, 2 players) 4c

Hero shows Ac Ah (Two Pair, Aces and Sevens)
(Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 5%)

CO shows Jc Jd (Full House, Jacks full of Sevens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 95%)

CO wins $19.40

Why you no love my AA in 4bet pots, after I size for turn jam? Why Stars?

#jokerstars
#prayforamericanairlines

Its a good job I'm playing well and I can absorb this in my unsustainable 10bb/100 winrate (I'm 1.5bb/100 over a 100k plus sample so this is just run good).

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: $10.09 (VPIP: 11.11, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 9)
SB: $32.80 (VPIP: 15.63, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 33)
BB: $15.94 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 29.63, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 27)
Hero (UTG): $13.94
MP: $15.21 (VPIP: 28.95, PFR: 23.68, 3Bet Preflop: 11.76, Hands: 42)
CO: $9.85 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has As Ah
Hero raises to $0.35, fold, fold, BTN raises to $1.00, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.20, BTN calls $1.20

Flop : ($4.55, 2 players) 5c Jc Kh
Hero bets $1.80, BTN calls $1.80

Turn : ($8.15, 2 players) 9c
Hero bets $6.95, BTN calls $6.09 and is all-in

River : ($20.33, 2 players) 3s

Hero shows As Ah (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 81%, Flop 9%, Turn 2%)

BTN shows Kd Kc (Three of a Kind, Kings)
(Pre 19%, Flop 91%, Turn 98%)

BTN wins $19.42

After open enders and FDs come in we have to be prepared to lose that a decent chunk of the time Such is life. FWIW Are we expecting a call from hands like KQ on the turn?

Oh no I'm not saying I should be way ahead here and this was unlucky or something just funny coming straight after the other one, in a 4bet pot, with same sort of result.

I can't be check folding an overpair in 4bet pot whatever comes I don't think, and yeah its a not ideal card for us. KQ with a club yeah if he really calls a 4bet with that I doubt that much is in his range. Couple of combos at best.

Really he can't have any open enders unless he is 3betting and calling a 4bet vs UTG with QTs. FD's he's got AcKc and AcQc sure plus KK that he doesn't get in preflop and JJ. So lets give him one KK and that makes 5 combos that smash us. That we beat that can call there is AK with either club (thats the main target), QxQc, or even TxTc that might go along sometimes. If I limit some of those combos so have AK with club, couple of AQ and KQ with club and 3 PP with club then I'm commited anyway.

Vs this I have 38% (KK+,JJ,QdQc,QhQc,TsTc,AcKc,AcQc,KcQc,AdKc,AhKc,AsKc,AcKd,AcKh,AcKs,AcQh,AcQs,KdQc,KhQc)

Hands are all right. 1st one I might even check the flop as it's basically the nuts and if he got overpair money goes in anyway.

Unibet really is the home of runbad and bad play for me as well. Got run over by tables raising me and overbetting constantly. Eventually I called with TPTK on Q high flop (vs AA) and top FH (vs quads). Not sure if I'm more tilted by the running into the nuts or allowing myself to be pushed around before it. Probably on ego issues its the pushed around bit. Interesting reflection on C game and impact on me.

This week I have been seriously considering going into the CFP program. I could withdraw a chunk of my role and pay the deposit. One full one shot or busto.

I think the program could offer some solid value but you're paying $500 so they are on a freeroll. You win and they get $5k, you lose and they get $500. Best case for them is probably you break even, and they get $500, plus some of your winnings when your winning and none of your losses when you lose. Its like the opposite of staking.

But in return they give you classes and training tasks. Which might suit me better as I enjoy playing and learning but not planning out what I should be doing. Its like a degree in Poker. Costs you money to be taught but offers structure vs trying to start your own business and learning as you go. The very best will do it on their own, degree or no degree. If you are not that then a degree offers you a better chance of not being on the dole.

The main thing putting me off though is the hard sell. Seems designed to appeal to the desperate, which makes me suspicious. In a 10 year sales career I've yet to have that be reflected in a high quality product.

In other poker news I got a free ticket on Unibet (sick RB% at start of the month), won a satty with it and then got $80 payout on the tourney which was very nice indeed. I'll never be off unibet. Even if it can't properly track my rake and never updated after the first week of March, so I missed out on the TOP500 payout again! Jesus those guys suck for stuff like that. But the value is sick value.

If you lose and quit you have to pay $250/hour of coaching....

Yeah there is no way that is enforcable. I'd just not 'quit' I'd play almost never. $250 an hour? Mental. Especially given that the coaching on the micro program is not face to face.

You sign a contract and I'd imagine they will have a pretty good legal team :')

Not saying don't join, I'm considering myself, but your paragraph about what is best for them is completely off! The best outcome for them is you make it to 10k asap. They get their 5k payment, a new posterboy and the potential for you to move onto the crusher programme.